Send SMS Alerts Directly
from Gmail

No. Gmail has no built-in feature to send SMS to a phone number. The old Gmail Chat to SMS integration was retired by Google. To send SMS from Gmail, the inbox needs a connection to an email-to-SMS gateway (TextBolt) or a third-party SMS API (Twilio, ClickSend). TextBolt is the no-code path: install once, address an email to +1[phone]@sendemailtotext.com, and the message arrives as an SMS.

Carrier email-to-SMS gateways were retired because they could not satisfy 10DLC and Campaign Registry rules and became spam vectors. AT&T’s txt.att.net shut down in June 2025, T-Mobile’s tmomail.net went offline in December 2024, and Verizon’s vtext.com shutdown completes by March 31, 2027. TextBolt is a direct replacement: same email-driven mental model, but the messages route through a registered 10DLC business number with up to 98% delivery rate and complete audit trails.

Install TextBolt from the Google Workspace Marketplace, complete onboarding (TextBolt handles 10DLC business verification with The Campaign Registry on your behalf, typically 24-48 hours for carrier approval), and once your number is approved, address any Gmail message to +1[phone]@sendemailtotext.com. The email becomes an SMS. There is no Apps Script project to maintain, no Twilio account to bill, no integration code to manage, and no webhook endpoint to monitor. If your team can send a Gmail email, your team can send an SMS.

Yes. TextBolt registers your sender identity with The Campaign Registry as part of onboarding, so SMS sent from Gmail through TextBolt routes through carrier-approved 10DLC infrastructure. This satisfies FCC business SMS requirements and avoids the spam-folder filtering that hit unregistered carrier-gateway traffic. TextBolt is not HIPAA compliant; healthcare prospects with PHI requirements should contact sales for Enterprise options.

Yes. When the recipient replies to a TextBolt-sent SMS, the reply arrives as an email in the Gmail inbox of whoever sent the original message, threaded with the outgoing thread when possible. Replies route reliably regardless of carrier, unlike the old gateway flows where some carriers used do-not-reply addresses or dropped replies entirely.

Yes. Standard plan ($49/month) and Professional plan ($99/month) include multi-user access for up to 10 team members on a shared TextBolt account. Front-desk staff, sales reps, dispatchers, on-call engineers, and operations managers in your Workspace all send SMS from their own Gmail using the same business number. There are no per-user fees inside the 10-seat cap. Enterprise plans support custom team sizes for larger organizations.

Both. TextBolt works with personal Gmail accounts and Google Workspace business accounts. Workspace teams get the multi-user benefit (up to 10 people on one shared account), shared business number, and centralized audit trail. Personal Gmail accounts work for solo senders on the Basic plan ($29/month).

Basic plan starts at $29/month for 500 SMS credits and a single user. Standard plan is $49/month for 1,000 credits with multi-user access for up to 10 team members on a shared account. Professional plan is $99/month for 2,500 credits with the same 10-user shared access. Enterprise plans cover 5,000+ credits with custom team sizes. There is a one-time $45/year setup fee for the toll-free business number. Annual plans include a 20% discount.

Yes. Set up a Gmail filter that matches alerts you want as SMS (for example, emails from Grafana, Datadog, Stripe, or your CRM), and auto-forward the match to +1[phone]@sendemailtotext.com. The forwarded email converts to SMS without changing anything in the source system. Useful for vendor-locked monitoring tools, EHRs, and dashboards that cannot be reconfigured.

About 30 minutes of hands-on configuration: installing the Workspace Marketplace app, account creation, and toll-free business number selection. TextBolt handles 10DLC business verification with The Campaign Registry on your behalf in parallel (typically 24-48 hours for carrier approval); once approved, your team can send their first SMS from Gmail in seconds.